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With effect from 1st October
2004 Tendring District Council, on behalf of Essex County Council
(ECC), undertook Decriminalised Parking Enforcement throughout the
District and assumed responsibility for enforcement of all
on-street waiting and loading restrictions, other than major roads
such as motorways and trunk roads. The Council retained
responsibility for management of its off-street car parks and
enforcement of conditions relating thereto are carried out under
the powers.
An Operational Enforcement Plan has
been prepared detailing enforcement patrol beats and Civil
Enforcement Officer shift systems designed to provide enforcement
throughout the District, on a day to day basis, to a level in
accordance with recommendations made in the financial model
prepared for ECC by RTA Associates. The Plan incorporates the
flexibility to provide variations necessary to cover emergencies
and fluctuations in local conditions. Should resources be limited
at any time officers will ensure that Civil Enforcement Officers
are deployed appropriately to patrol areas of greatest parking
abuse and of greatest concern in terms of safety and congestion.
This will ensure appropriate enforcement levels whilst retaining
public confidence in the service.
The Council confirms its intention to carry out
enforcement patrols in the evening and on Sundays, on a more ad hoc
basis, in accordance with the model, responding where appropriate
to local conditions and expectations. Within the above parameters,
priority will be given particularly to the resolution of specific
problems relating to Essex Local Transport Plan, such as parking
which interferes with bus stops or school entrances, causing safety
problems or traffic congestion.
Tendring District Council will seek to apply a fair but firm
approach to parking enforcement, in keeping with its Transportation
and Customer Care policies. The District will integrate these
policies into the management of traffic through waiting and loading
restrictions and the management of its off-street parking
places.
The enforcement of parking controls
are seen as a major contribution to the realisation of the
Council's Transportation policies, which in turn will help to
achieve objectives relating to the environment, prosperity, culture
and community safety within the
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